It looks like one of the worst-kept secrets in gaming,Lost Planet: Colonies, is getting closer to a reality.360 Sync recently postedan entire list of achievements for the title, and then was almost immediately asked by the Capcom overlords to pull the list. No worry, we can confirm that the list was pretty boring, with a ton of multiplayer achievements and not much story information. No one really knows the deal aboutLost Planet: Colonies, other than that it’s been rumored for both the PlayStation 3 and PC for months (it has appeared with a “T” rating on the ESRB web site)....

Madballs in Babo Invasionis coming out next Wednesday on XBLA for 1200 MS Points. Finally, you all will have a chance to play with balls as you blow away other balls. The great thing aboutMadballsis that you can play with up to three other balls through the co-op or beat up balls through the game’s 16 player multiplayer. As I mentioned inmy preview forMadballs, there will be a demo coming out along with the release of the game where you can play parts of the single-player and play multiplayer with people that own the game....

You may havespotted me gushingyesterday about Namco Bandai’sMajin and the Forsaken Kingdom. This is one of my most eagerly awaited games of the season, and Namco has announced that the wait’s been cut for a week, with the title launching ahead of time on November 23. The game was previously pushed back to November 30, but it went gold this week and is ready for an earlier launch. Whether this will do much to avoid the intense competition that November always brings remains to be seen, but I really wish this game the best....

Del Rey Books has announced a fourthMass Effectnovel:Mass Effect: Deception. Instead of being written by Drew Karpyshyn — who wrote the previous three books and has his hands full withThe Old Republic— William C. Dietz has received the honor to write the newMass Effectbook. Dietz has written many sci-fi novels and quite a few videogame-themed books, such asJedi Knight,Halo: The Flood,Hitman: Enemy Within, andResistance: The Gathering Storm.Deceptionwill follow Gillian Grayson from theAscensionnovel once again:...

Former design icon and current maker of pretend videogames Shigeru Miyamoto has beencasting a critical eyeover his team’s earlier Wii games, claiming that something was “missing” fromTwilight Princessand thatSuperMario Galaxyfelt conservative. “What I’ve been saying to our development teams recently is thatTwilight Princesswas not a bad game, by any means. But, still, it felt like there was something missing,” explains theWii Fitcreator.“And while, personally, I feel likeSuper Mario Galaxywas able to do some things that were very new and were very unique, at the same time, from another perspective, certain elements of it do feel somewhat conservative in terms of how far we branched out with design....

[Editor’s note:CaffeinePowered loves himself the MMOFPS genre. I have to admit that I never knew about this genre until I heard aboutHuxley. If you’ve ever been curious about it like me, then reading up on CaffeinePowered’s posts will give you a better understanding of it all. And yes, long post is long … but very informative! — CTZ] Welcome to the third and final part of my retrospective looking into MMOFPS games....

If you’re playingModern Warfare 2on the Xbox 360, you might want to lay low for a few days.Yet another problemhas been discovered in Infinity Ward’s game, and this one’s a real bastard, with the ability to “infect” your profile and turn you into the game equivalent of an HIV carrier. According to reports, players get “infected” by unwittingly joining a private match hosted by a carrier. They then get hit by the same issue — unlimited ammo and no reloads — and can pass it on if the end up hosting any games themselves....

We’re a day out with the above video, but here’s a late Halloween greeting from Sega, as they present a scary trailer revolving around Sonic’s new Werehog form. Actually, it’s not scary, but it’s still decent regardless. Kind of Pixar-ish, actually … and I am going to forget I saw that horrible little fairy mouse character. Looks like a full movie tie-in withSonic Unleashedis on the way. Didn’t expect that. Straight to DVD?...

TheMortal Kombatseries hasn’t had a great history of spin-off games. Whether it beSpecial Forces or Sub-Zero: Mythologies,Midway only was usually able to only successfully spin-off laughable games instead ofgoodones. But the cooperativeMortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks, developed by Midway LA, was pretty damned good. In fact, it was probably my favorite game in the series, one-on-one fighter or otherwise. Series creator Ed Boon agrees. “Monks was far and away the best spin-off,” hewrote on Twitter....

If you didn’t know it yet,Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2, has a single-player story mode. Three, in fact, from the perspective of different characters. What Namco Bandai haven’t shown us is exactly how they intend to tell this grand ol’ tale of super-powered ninjas. Until now, that is, and it seems to be a bit different from the last game. The last game stuck players in an open map area patterned after Naruto’s home village, which served as a hub for taking missions....

Naughty Dog has announced on its blog that it’ll be getting a studio upgrade soon. On March 1, the Santa Monica-based studio will be shifting its space no more than 500 feet away from its current studio, which the developer has been at for six years. The “killer new studio” will give the naughty dogs more space, and “significant upgrades,” presumably to work onJak & Daxterfor the PlayStation 3. Right!?!? Please?...

Thanks to awesome Dtoid reader,yaesir(the niftiest Portuguese speaker, well, ever), the article postedearlier(containing first pics of theNiGHTSsequel) has been translated. Most of the story is just the writer waxing poetic about the history ofNiGHTSand SEGA consoles, but there was some interesting gameplay information regarding this highly anticipated Wii release. Some choice bits: Not the juiciest of information, but still interesting nonetheless. As a huge fan of the originalNiGHTS(and the Wii) this has been a happy news day for me, hence the multiple posts and determination to squeeze as much info out of this article as possible....

Despite the fact that the company is on the rocks, Midway still has enough change hidden in the sofa to piece together a brand newMortal Kombat. Apparently, selling anMKtitle with a T-Rating was actually enough to make some real money, and Ed Boon has confirmed that a new game is underway. “Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universewas the result of countless hours of hard work by many people, and seeing the game surpass the million-seller plateau makes it worth all the effort,” said Boon, confirming thatMK vs....